Tattoo Aftercare
Your tattoo can take anywhere from 2-8 weeks to heal completely depending on the overall size, color, and detail of the tattoo.
Follow aftercare accordingly to ensure your tattoo heals correctly.
Wash your hands prior to care.
Once you are home, wash your tattoo with warm water and unscented, antibacterial soap.
Wash your tattoo with unscented, antibacterial soap one to two times a day upon regular morning and night routine or as needed.
Once the tattoo starts to peel, place a small amount of moisturizer on it after washing or at any sight of dryness. Do not smother your tattoo! Less is more, I promise. Make sure you are rubbing the moisturizer all the way in, do not cake it on top of your tattoo.
DO NOT PICK THE SCABS - let them fall off naturally.
You may use any of the following to moisturize:
A&D Ointment
Unscented lotion
Tattoo Balm
Coconut Oil
Avoid swimming, bathing, and any soaking of your tattoo until it has fully healed/finished peeling. Your tattoo is considered an open wound for the first 4 weeks of the healing process & soaking it will result in infection.
DO NOT expose your tattoo to direct sunlight for at least the first year without sunscreen. This will cause the color to fade/change. Sunscreen cannot be put on the tattoo until it has fully healed.
Failure to follow aftercare instructions can/will result in infection, fading, uneven healing, scaring. Tattoos are a permanent body modification, effects from poor aftercare can be permanent. The artists & Queen Ink are not responsible for poor healing in the case that you did not care for your tattoo properly.
After your tattoo is fully 4 weeks healed, you can contact your artist for a touch up if needed!